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Laura Backus is an Americorps VISTA member at the Feerick Center, where she oversees the portion of the Legal Economic and Educational Advancement Project (LEEAP) that concerns credit-related education and assistance. She graduated from Reed College in 2012 with a B.A. in Linguistics.
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Brandon Ruben began his career in social justice in 2009 as an educator. He has worked as an Adjunct Professor of Reading Comprehension for The John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s free summer enrichment program First Year Experience (FYE), a 4th grade classroom teacher and Teach for America corps member at Leadership Prep, Bedford Stuyvesant, and a middle school English teacher at Collège Pierre De Ronsard in a low-income community in Limoges, France. At the Feerick Center, he looks forward to continuing to advocate for equal access to high-quality secondary and higher education by co-directing LEEAP and overseeing its educational component. Brandon holds a B.A. in English Literature from McGill University and an M.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. He is a proud product of the New York City public school system
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Anting Wang is a Program Co-Director / VISTA Member at the Feerick Center. She is a member of the Feerick Center's Legal Economic and Educational Advance Project (LEEAP), which one focus is to engage senior volunteer attorneys to provide full-service representation and limited legal advice to individuals with consumer debt issues. In 2011, Anting was named the New York State Bar Association's "Outstanding Young Lawyer" for founding and leading the Society of Young Lawyer Entrepreneurs, a peer-to-peer network for young lawyers starting up solo practices during the 2008 recession. Ms. Wang graduated from Stanford Law School in 2005 and practiced commercial litigation and bankruptcy prior to joining the Feerick Center
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